This year, Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is sure to attract more readers and listeners than usual, moved by anti-Asian racism and harmful acts to attend the voices and experiences of AAPI authors. Here are just a few of the dozens of recent novels that reflect the growing … [Read more...]
Book on Rumi thoughts on women, gender equality published in Indonesian
May 8, 2021 by
“Rumi’s Book of Love and Sufistic Verses” written by Afifah Ahmad was released by Afkaruna, an Indonesian interdisciplinary journal of Islamic studies, the Iranian Cultural office in Jakarta announced on Saturday. “This book is full of spiritual and intellectual knowledge from a great world … [Read more...]
Child-free and happy: A group for Indonesians without kids – by choice
April 24, 2021 by
Many Indonesian women consider getting pregnant a blessing – a miracle, even. But for Maya, a 32-year-old linguist, it would be more like a curse. Maya, who lives in Singapore and asked to be identified only by her nickname, worries that her family will discover her choice to remain childless if … [Read more...]
In Search of a Lost Fatherland (1) Rudy Kousbroek and Sitor Situmorang about Sumatra
April 20, 2021 by
After a stay of more than 30 years on Sumatra, I became attached to the country. In 1990 I came to Medan as a teacher of European history, the students were curious about the European story and I about that of Sumatra. I have had endless conversations with the Batak from the highlands, with the … [Read more...]
‘Superstar’ Mirandi Riwoe among Australian fiction acquisitions
April 18, 2021 by
University of Queensland Press publisher Aviva Tuffield describes author Mirandi Riwoe as a ‘superstar who deserves all the recognition she’s received to date for Stone Sky Gold Mountain—and I’m sure there’s more to come’. The publisher has acquired world rights to two new books from the … [Read more...]
